# 臬

| 臬 | U+81EC, &#33260; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-81EC |
| ← 臫 [U+81EB] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 臭 → [U+81ED] |

## Translingual
### Han character

臬 (Kangxi radical 132, 自+4, 10 strokes, cangjie input 竹山木 (HUD), four-corner 2690$_4$, composition ⿱自木)
* law, rule
* door post

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1000, character 19
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 30107
* Dae Jaweon: page 1456, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 5, page 3047, character 3
* Unihan data for U+81EC

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

| | Old Chinese |
| 甈 | *ŋ̊ʰreds, *ŋeːds |
| 臬 | *ŋeːd |
| 嵲 | *ŋeːd, *ŋred |
| 臲 | *ŋeːd |
| 闑 | *ŋeːd, *ŋred |

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): niè (nie$^4$)
    (Zhuyin): ㄋㄧㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jit$^6$ / nip$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: niè
*** Zhuyin: ㄋㄧㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: niè
*** Wade–Giles: nieh$^4$
*** Yale: nyè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: nieh
*** Palladius: не (ne)
*** Sinological IPA : /ni̯ɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jit$^6$ / nip$^6$
*** Yale: yiht / nihp
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jit$^9$ / nip$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yid$^6$ / nib$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /jiːt̚²/, /niːp̚²/
* Dialectal data
| Variety | Location | edit臬 |
| Mandarin | Beijing | /nie⁵¹/ |
| Mandarin | Harbin | /niɛ⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Tianjin | /nie⁵³/ |
| Mandarin | Jinan | /ȵiə²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Qingdao | /niə⁴²/ |
| Mandarin | Zhengzhou | /niɛ²⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Xi'an | /niɛ²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Xining | /ȵi⁴⁴/ |
| Mandarin | Yinchuan | /nie¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Lanzhou | /ȵiə¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Ürümqi | /ȵiɤ²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Wuhan | /nie²¹³/ |
| Mandarin | Chengdu | /ȵie³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Guiyang | /nie²¹/ |
| Mandarin | Kunming | /niɛ³¹/ |
| Mandarin | Nanjing | /lieʔ⁵/ |
| Mandarin | Hefei | /liɐʔ⁵/ |
| Jin | Taiyuan | /niəʔ²/ |
| Jin | Pingyao | |
| Jin | Hohhot | /niaʔ⁴³/ |
| Wu | Shanghai | /kɔ⁵³/ |
| Wu | Suzhou | /ȵiəʔ³/ |
| Wu | Hangzhou | /ȵiəʔ²/ |
| Wu | Wenzhou | /ȵi²¹³/ |
| Hui | Shexian | /neʔ²¹/ |
| Hui | Tunxi | |
| Xiang | Changsha | /ȵie²⁴/ |
| Xiang | Xiangtan | /ȵie²⁴/ |
| Gan | Nanchang | /ȵiɛʔ⁵/ ～台 |
| Hakka | Meixian | /ŋiat̚¹/ |
| Hakka | Taoyuan | |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | /jit̚²/ |
| Cantonese | Nanning | /nit̚²²/ |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | /jit̚²/ |
| Min | Xiamen (Hokkien) | /giat̚⁵/ |
| Min | Fuzhou (Eastern Min) | /ŋieʔ⁵/ |
| Min | Jian'ou (Northern Min) | /niɛ²⁴/ |
| Min | Shantou (Teochew) | /ŋiak̚⁵/ |
| Min | Haikou (Hainanese) | /ŋit̚⁵/ |
* Middle Chinese: nget
Rime :
| Character | 臬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 疑 (31) |
| Final (韻) | 屑 (87) |
| Tone (調) | Checked (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | IV |
| Fanqie | 五結切 |
| Baxter | nget |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ŋet̚/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ŋet̚/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ŋɛt̚/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ŋɛt̚/ |
| Li Rong | /ŋet̚/ |
| Wang Li | /ŋiet̚/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /ŋiet̚/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yè |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jit$^6$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ŋeːd/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 臬 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 9522 |
| Phonetic component | 臬 |
| Rime group | 月 |
| Rime subdivision | 2 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 齧 |
| Old Chinese | /*ŋeːd/ |

### Definitions

臬
* archery target
* sundial-like device used in ancient China
* standard
    圭臬 ― guīniè ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

### Compounds

* 兀臬
* 圭臬 (guīniè)
* 奉為圭臬 / 奉为圭臬 (fèngwéiguīniè)
* 臬司 (nièsī)
* 臬臺 / 臬台 (niètái)

### References

* “臬”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Hyōgai kanji)
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#### Readings

* Go-on: げち (gechi)
* Kan-on: げつ (getsu)

#### Compounds

* 臬(げっ)司(し) (gesshi)
* 圭(けい)臬(げつ) (keigetsu)
* 江(こう)臬(げつ) (kōgetsu)

## Korean
### Hanja

臬 (eum 얼 (eol))
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

臬: Hán Nôm readings: nghiệt, nghệt, niết
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